Classifications

• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
  • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
  • B65B9/00—Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, e.g. liquids or semiliquids, in flat, folded, or tubular webs of flexible sheet material; Subdividing filled flexible tubes to form packages
  • B65B9/10—Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, in preformed tubular webs, or in webs formed into tubes around filling nozzles, e.g. extruded tubular webs
  • B65B9/20—Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, in preformed tubular webs, or in webs formed into tubes around filling nozzles, e.g. extruded tubular webs the webs being formed into tubes in situ around the filling nozzles
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
  • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
  • B65B23/00—Packaging fragile or shock-sensitive articles other than bottles; Unpacking eggs
  • B65B23/10—Packaging biscuits
  • B65B23/12—Arranging, feeding or orientating the biscuits to be packaged
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
  • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
  • B65B35/00—Supplying, feeding, arranging or orientating articles to be packaged
  • B65B35/30—Arranging and feeding articles in groups
  • B65B35/44—Arranging and feeding articles in groups by endless belts or chains
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
  • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
  • B65B35/00—Supplying, feeding, arranging or orientating articles to be packaged
  • B65B35/30—Arranging and feeding articles in groups
  • B65B35/50—Stacking one article, or group of articles, upon another before packaging
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
  • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
  • B65B39/00—Nozzles, funnels or guides for introducing articles or materials into containers or wrappers
  • B65B39/12—Nozzles, funnels or guides for introducing articles or materials into containers or wrappers movable towards or away from container or wrapper during filling or depositing
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
  • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
  • B65B61/00—Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages
  • B65B61/04—Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages for severing webs, or for separating joined packages
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
  • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
  • B65B63/00—Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on articles or materials to be packaged
  • B65B63/02—Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on articles or materials to be packaged for compressing or compacting articles or materials prior to wrapping or insertion in containers or receptacles

Definitions

• the invention relates to a method for the production of packaging units in a tubular bag machine, in which isolated products are transferred by means of a horizontal conveyor to a portioning for the production of portion units with a defined arrangement and number of products and then the lienbahn of a Fo serving units with a vertical conveyor to a Separation device for separating the packaging units are promoted. Furthermore, the invention relates to a device for producing packaging units in a tubular bag machine with a horizontal conveyor for
• the sporadically supplied products are first summarized in a defined relative arrangement to portion units. Subsequently, these portion units are provided with the film tube wrapping, in order then finally to obtain separated packaging units by means of a section through the film tube at defined locations.
• a synchronization must be carried out between the horizontal conveying device supplying the products with the portioning device, since in the portioning device the relative arrangement of the separated products for producing portioning units is changed. For example, with portion units having the previously separated products in a stacked arrangement, both the distances between the individual products and their spatial orientation to each other must be changed. This requires, for example, a corresponding delay of a continuously operated portioning device when picking up the separated products from the horizontal conveying device.
• the object of the present invention is to provide a method and / or a device which has both a synchronization between the horizontal conveying device and the portioning device and also a synchronization between the portioning device. means and the vertical conveyor device with the least possible technical equipment expenditure made possible.
• both the synchronization between the horizontal conveying device and the portioning device and the synchronization between the portioning device and the vertical conveying device take place by means of the portioning device itself.
• the portioning device which is anyway required for the production of the portion units, simultaneously serves for the synchronization.
• the synchronization is performed by the portioning device by means of at least one stopper pair with two portioning stops circulating independently on a circulating conveyor, namely a leading guide stop and a trailing end stop, which form a portion unit of adjacent products abut against the products and transferred together with the intermediate recorded portion unit on the circulation conveyor from a takeover position for taking over products from the horizontal conveyor into a transfer position for transferring the products to the vertical conveyor.
• the sandwich-like recording of the portion unit between the guide stop and the end stop makes it possible to transport the portion unit independently of the effects of gravity, so that the portion unit as a coherent, compact unit with adjacent products regardless of gravity and in their conveying speed solely by the conveying speed of the determined by the guide stop and the end stop stop pair determined on the circulation conveyor can be transported to the vertical conveyor.
• the conveying direction of the circulating conveyor is opposite to the conveying direction of the horizontal conveying device and in the same direction as the conveying direction of the vertical conveying device, and the circulating conveyor has an increasingly vertically aligned porting path starting from a transfer section inclined downwards towards the horizontal up to a transfer section, the conveying connection is as direct and short as possible between the horizontal conveyor and the vertical conveyor possible.
• the takeover of a product from the horizontal conveying device in the takeover position is carried out by means of a transfer device which is transferred from an arrangement aligned with a conveying plane of the horizontal conveying device into an arrangement aligned with a conveying plane of the circulating conveyor, it is not only possible to effect a speed synchronization between the circulation conveyor and the horizontal conveyor to produce, but also a balance between different conveying planes of the horizontal conveyor and the circulating conveyor is possible.
• the guide stop in a standstill position is positioned, and after taking over the product of the horizontal conveyor the end stop is moved against the product.
• the guide stopper is accelerated and the end stop is delayed, it is ensured that no force impeding the transfer of the products to the portioning unit can be exerted by the portioning stops.
• the takeover of the first product of the first product column is performed by means of a transfer device which consists of a conveyor plane the horizontal conveying device aligned arrangement is transferred to an aligned with a conveying plane of the circulation conveyor track arrangement and the acquisition of the second product of the same product column by depositing the second product takes place on the first product.
• the takeover of the product by means of the transfer device takes place in such a way that the product is subjected to a compressive force during the transfer of the transfer device into the delivery plane of the circulation conveyor, so that an investment of the product against the transfer device can be forced and rebound effects can at least be reduced.
• a compressive force can be generated by acting on the upper side of the product with a fluid flow, preferably designed as an air flow.
• Product column can be used with at least two stacked products arranged one above the other.
• the device according to the invention for the production of packaging units in a tubular bag machine has a horizontal conveying device for transferring separated products to a portioning device which serves to produce portion units with a defined arrangement and number of products, and a vertical conveying device for conveying the portion units enveloped by a film web to a singulating device which serves for separating the packaging units, wherein the portioning device serves both for the production of portion units and for the synchronization of the portioning device with the horizontal conveyor device and the vertical conveyor device.
• the portioning device preferably has at least one stop pair with two portioning stops circulating on a circulating conveyor independently of one another, namely a leading guide stop and a trailing end stop which define a portioning unit and which on the circulating conveyor move from a transfer position for transferring products from the horizontal conveyor into a transfer conveyor Transfer position for transferring the products to the vertical conveyor can be transferred.
• the circulation conveyor is provided with a drive device which moves the guide stop and the end stop opposite to the conveying direction of the horizontal conveyor and in the same direction to the conveying direction of the vertical conveyor, and the circulating conveyor has starting from a relative to the horizontal downwardly inclined takeover section to a transfer section an increasingly vertically aligned Portionierrange.
• a transfer device is provided on the portioning device, which transfer device is in alignment with a conveying plane of the horizontal conveying device
• the transfer device has a support surface movable in translation between the delivery planes for depositing the product and a nozzle device arranged above the support surface for impinging a top side of a product arranged on the support surface with a fluid flow.
• the horizontal conveyor device for producing a portion unit in matrix arrangement with a product column having at least two superimposed stacked arrangement
• Products a variable in length and connected via a pivot joint with a horizontal conveyor section of the horizontal conveyor discharge end which is pivotable against the takeover portion of the rotary conveyor such that a conveying plane of the conveying arm in the transfer position in a common plane with a stacking surface of the guide stop is arranged.
• a plurality of circumferential stop pairs each with a guide stop and an end stop is provided on the circulating conveyor, wherein the guide stops and the end stops are arranged on mutually independent conveying means of the circulating conveyor.
• At least two guide stops and at least two end stops of the plurality of stop pairs are in each case arranged on a conveying means.
• FIG. 1 shows a packaging device with a variable horizontal conveyor in side view
• FIG. 2 shows the packaging device shown in FIG. 1 with the horizontal conveying device arranged in radial configuration
• FIG. 3 shows the packaging device shown in FIG. 1 with the horizontal conveying device arranged in tangential configuration
• FIG. 4 shows a portioning device of the packaging device in an isometric view
• Fig. 5, 6 the packaging device shown in Figure 3 in successive stages of the production of a two-part portion unit.
• Fig. 7-9 the packaging apparatus shown in Fig. 3 in successive stages of the production of a four
• FIG. 1 shows a packaging device 1 7 of a packaging system, not further illustrated in the following, which has a horizontal conveying device 18, with the occasional stackable products 46, 47, which in this case are disc-shaped, which in the present case are in the form of biscuits
• the horizontal conveyor 1 8 is in a radial configuration shown in solid lines or a tangential configuration shown in broken lines, for producing a portion unit 21 formed as a stack arrangement or for forming a series arrangement
• Portion unit 41 is used for portioning and simultaneous further conveying of the formed portion units 21 to a vertical conveyor 22, the portioning device 20 has a circulation conveyor 23, from which the portion units 21, 41 are transferred to the vertical conveyor 22.
• the embodiment of the portion unit 2 1 shown in FIG. 2 is such that the products 46, 47 are fed to one another by means of the delivery end 64 of the horizontal conveying device 1 8 of the portioning device 20 arranged radially to a guide track 40.
• the first product 46 is deposited on a stacking surface 94 formed by a guide stop 49 and the other products 47, 46 are arranged one above the other as a stack arrangement, the guide stop 49 with the stacking surface 94 corresponding to the growth of the stacking arrangement in the conveying direction 45 of the portioning device 20 is advanced until the batching unit 21 corresponding stacking height is reached. Subsequently, an end stop 50 is moved against the stack arrangement, so that the portion unit 21 as a contiguous, compact unit with adjacent products regardless of gravity and in their conveying speed solely by the conveying speed of a formed by the guide stop 49 and the stop 50 stop pair 57 along the guideway 40th is determined.
• the vertical conveyor 22 in the present case consists essentially of two vertically and mutually parallel circulation conveyors 24, each with a conveyor belt 26, wherein the conveyor belts 26 form a conveying channel 30 by their distance with a at a transfer end 28 of Portioning 20 trained feed opening 29th
• Foil web feed device 32 of the vertical conveyor 22 conveyed and via a below the vertical conveyor 22 arranged, here not shown Fo Lienabzugs worn driven film web 34 is inserted into the formed between the conveyor belts 26 conveyor channel 30 so that the film web 34 in the region of the intake opening 29th of the conveyor channel 30 enveloping the portion unit 21 sets and is moved together with the portion unit 21 through the conveyor channel 30.
• An overlapping region of film web longitudinal edges which is formed thereby is fixed by means of a longitudinal sealing device arranged in the lower region of the conveying channel 30, so that subsequently the longitudinal sealing device both below and above the portioning unit 21 after producing a transverse sealing seam in a transverse sealing device (not shown here) a transection of the converted into a film tube film web 34th and thus a separation of each of a portion unit 21 containing packaging units can meet.
• FIGS. 3-6 show the portioning device 20 with the horizontal conveyor 1 8 in tangential configuration in different
• Fig. 3 shows how in an initial phase of the production of a portion unit 41 from the horizontal conveyor 1 8 separated products 46, 47 are conveyed to the portioning 20, which, as shown in Fig. 4, on the circulating conveyor 23 as a conveyor belt 48 formed conveying means , which are each provided in the present case with two Portionieraninnovation, which are in each case as a guide stop 49 or end stop 50 and in the representation in Fig.4 phase shown partially on the back of the circulating conveyor 23 are.
• Guideway 40 arranged guide rails 5 1, between which the products 46, 47 move in the direction of circulation 45, a portioning frame 65, in which the portion unit 41 along the guideway 40 from a transfer position 52 (FIG. 3) in a transfer section 53 of the circulating conveyor 23 in a transfer position 54 (FIG. 3) in one
• Transfer section 55 is promoted.
• the transfer section 53 of the circulating conveyor 23 is inclined slightly downwards relative to the horizontal and, in the course of a ramp section 56, finally merges into the vertically aligned transfer section 55.
• Portioning 20 are a total of six pairs of stops 57, 58, 59, 60, 6 1 and 62 provided in each case a guide stop 49 and an end stop 50 which are both independently and simultaneously and in the same direction of the conveyor belt 48 b ewegbar, the training of portion units 4 1 by means of the stop pairs 57 - 62 always in the range of a between the transfer position 52 and the surveying episode 54 formed Portionierumble 63 erfo lgt.
• Fig. 3 shows the pair of stops 57 in the transfer position 52, in which the guide stop 49 and the end stop 50 in the transfer section 53 are arranged such that a product 46 after promotion via the delivery end 64 in the through the stop pair and the laterally arranged guide rails 1 formed portioning frame 65 passes.
• a take-over device 66 designed here as a lift cam, is provided in the transfer section 53 of the circulation conveyor 23, which receives the product from the horizontal conveyor 18 in FIG extended position is such that a support surface 67 of the transfer device 66 in a conveying plane 68 of the horizontal conveyor 1 8 b efindet.
• the transfer device 66 is lowered, such that the product 46 rests on the guide track 40, wherein the guide stop 49 at the time of taking over the product 46 of the Horizontal complicatein- direction 1 8 is in a standstill position S i.
• the end stop 50 is moved with a backward movement 69 directed counter to the conveying direction 45 into a standstill position S 3 for forming a receiving gap 70 for receiving the second product 47 between the first product 46 and the end stop 50.
• the adoption of the second product 47 of the horizontal conveyor 1 8 then erfo then again by means of the transfer device 66.
• arrangement of the second product 47 in the receiving gap 70 erfo ing for the defined arrangement of thus the products 46, 47 in array 42 having portion unit 4 1 a Method of end stop 50 against product 47.
• the portioning unit 41 enters the transfer section 55 of the portioning device 20 which is parallel to the conveying channel 30 the vertical conveyor 22 is arranged.
• a transfer of the portion unit 41 to the conveyor belt 30 defining conveyor belts 26 of the vertical conveyor 22, such that the products 46, 47 while maintaining the defined by the portion unit 41 relative arrangement between the vertically in the conveying direction 7 1 driven Trans - Portb Sn 26 are held.
• the film web 34 is located in an arrangement enveloping the products 46, 47, so that the film web 34 is arranged between the conveyor belts 26 and the products 46, 47 and simultaneously with the conveyor belt. Portb skilledn 26 on the one hand and with the Pro products 46, 47 on the other hand is moved forward vertically in the conveying direction 7 1.
• the conveyor belts 26 of the vertical conveyor 22 and the guide stop 49 and the end stop 50 associated conveyor belt 48 of the circulating conveyor 23 have the same speed on.
• the result is An acceleration of the guide stop 49 then follows after transfer of the product 47 at the rear in the conveying direction 45 to the vertical conveyor 22, a deceleration of the end stop 50 ,
• FIG. 7 - 9 show the portioning device 20 in the manufacture of a portion unit 80, which, as shown for example in FIG. 7, is formed in a matrix arrangement 8 1 with two product columns 83 arranged in a matrix row 82, which in each case are two products 46, 47 in a stack arrangement 84.
• Delivery end 64 of the horizontal conveyor 1 8 passed to the raised in the conveying plane 68 of the horizontal conveyor 1 8 support surface 67 of the transfer device 66 and then lowered 67 due to a lowering movement of the support surface on the guideway 40. Subsequently, the pair of stops 57 remains in the standstill position S i and the subsequent product 47 is transferred from the horizontal conveyor 1 8 via the discharge end 64 to the first, already taken between the guide stop 49 and the end stop 50 product 46 to form the stack assembly 84.
• the products 46, 47 forming the first product layer 83 of the matrix arrangement 8 1 are subsequently advanced by means of a synchronous forward movement of the guide stop 49 and the end stop 50 by a product length in the conveying direction 45 to a second standstill position S 2 , and to form the second product gap 83 the end stop 50 is moved to a standstill position S 3 , in which between the stacked assembly 84 products 46, 47 of the first envisionp old 83 and the end stop 50, a receiving gap 85 is formed, with two other products 46, 47 in a stacked arrangement 84 is filled, according to the formation of the first Productp old 83, the first product 46 of the second Pro duktsp old 83 is lowered by means of the transfer device 66 on the guideway 40 and the second product 47 is placed on the first product 46.
• FIG. 1 shows the horizontal conveying device 18 associated with the portioning device 20 in two different configurations, wherein in the tangential configuration the dispensing end 64, which is pivotably connected to a horizontal conveying section 90 via a pivoting joint 89, is oriented substantially tangentially to the guide rail 40 of the portioning device 20 and in a radial configuration, the dispensing end 64, which is teleskopierb in its length changeable, is aligned substantially radially to the guide track 40.
• the horizontal conveyor device 1 In the tangential configuration, the horizontal conveyor device 1 8, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 5 to 9, makes possible a tangential feed of the products 46, 47 for the production of portion units 4 1 and 80 with multiple product ducts 44, 83.
• the horizontal conveyor 1 8 As shown in Fig. 2, a radial feed of the products 46, 47 for the preparation of portion units 21, characterized in that the conveying plane 68 of the discharge end 64 in a transfer position 93 substantially in a common plane with a stacking surface 94th the guide stop 49 is arranged.
• the radial configuration of the horizontal conveyor 1 8 thus enables the production of portion units 21 in a matrix arrangement with a product column, wherein the stacking surface 94 of the guide stop 49 is used for a stack arrangement of directly stacked products 46, 47.
• portioning device 20 acts, always the same portioning device 20 is used.
• portioning device 20 in its universal applicability, which makes the hitherto customary conversion of Portionierattien or even the replacement of whole Portionierattien as a prerequisite for the production of different portion units superfluous.

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